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Description

This online course will show you how to comprehensively examine a young child from taking acuity to examining ocular health, including aspects of oculomotor ability, refraction and binocularity. It will highlight normative data and what findings could indicate a child is at risk. The course will also draw attention to current age guidelines for ophthalmic medications in the pediatric population.

Objectives

Objectives

Review important patient history elements that may clue the practitioner in to what they may find during their examination Describe exam techniques that can aid in the assessment of a young child State normative data for each of the exam elements Identify findings that indicate a child may be at risk for amblyopia or a learning related visual dysfunction Discuss current age guidelines and dosing for ophthalmic medications in young children